KLE Law College - 2024 Admission, Fees, Courses, Ranking, Placement

ABOUT KLE SOCIETY’S LAW COLLEGE

The KLE Society’s Law College at Bangalore has been conceived as a nursery and training ground for those seeking to enter the legal profession. Under the umbrella of Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, the college was established in 1975 to cater to the needs of young students desirous of pursuing legal education in Bangalore. To start with, a three Year LL.B. Degree Course was introduced and in the year 1996, a five year Integrated Degree Course in B.A. LL.B. was introduced to attract young students to commit at their earlier age to a Professional Course. To cater to the needs of the globalised corporate world and prospective corporate lawyers, another Five Year Integrated Course – B.B.A. LL.B. was introduced in the academic year 2011-12. While many successful students of the college from its inception have occupied top positions in the society in various fields like advocacy (trial and appellate), corporate practice, chamber practice, management, government offices, etc., in the recent years most of the students have occupied pivotal positions in many corporate enterprises too. The College has created and maintained an academic atmosphere that enables student’s growth to the maximum extent. “It is recognized by the Bar Council of India and is a Constituent College of KLE Technological University, Hubballi from 2021. The college was earlier affiliated to the Karnataka State Law University, Hubballi.” The college offers along with Undergraduate programs, various certificate and diploma courses and operates in a modern, well-equipped campus located in the heart of the city. Deeply committed to educational excellence in the field of jurisprudence, the college has earned a good reputation for the quality of its academic programmes, a fact reflected in it being ranked as the 2nd best private law college in South India by “The Week”, 8th best private law college in India by “Careers360” and one of the Best Law Colleges in India by “India Today in 2015.” Academicians of the college provide a thorough understanding of the subjects and the professional skills that are required. In addition, knowledge is supplemented by guest lectures from leading advocates and former Judges of High Courts and Supreme Courts on a regular basis. The college has suitable facilities for the training of tomorrow’s law professionals befitting its place among one of the renowned places of excellence in legal education. Spacious classrooms equipped with comfort seating and LCD facilities for interactive teaching, staff rooms with IT resources for the staff, moot court hall, a very well stacked library, e-library with access to various online and off-line databases for research and other facilities makes legal research easy and enjoyable.

KLE SOCIETY

Seven visionary teachers and three benevolent patrons established the KLE Society in 1916 with a single minded and resolute commitment to facilitating “Empowerment through education”. The first 100 years of the organization have been a transformational journey that has seen the organization evolve from a single school into a mammoth commitment comprising over 300 institutions engaged in providing services in “Education, Healthcare, Research and Agriculture”. Living up to the expectations of over 1,38,000 students and the Healthcare requirements of people across India, especially the rural poor, the committed team of over 18,000 members of the KLE family is all set to scale new heights of domain excellence in the new century. Setting benchmarks, embracing the evolving needs of society, incorporating technological tools in an attempt to keep pace with global scientific advancements the organization today has garnered global status and acceptance. The unique feature of the success story has been the ability of the organization to sustain a philosophy that is deep rooted in the welfare of the rural poor. The evolution of KLE Society itself is a saga of synergistic effort, management and visionary leadership of stalwarts across the ages; especially the current Chairman Dr Prabhakar Kore MP who has played a pivotal role in the exponential growth and global acclaim of the organization.

VISION
To inspire, sculpt and empower the students through holistic education to attain the objective of ‘Learn with Purpose and Live with Purpose’

MISSION
To disseminate industry oriented legal education of global standards rooted in social values.
To impart coherent legal education by laying special emphasis on participative clinical learning.
To promote the values of democracy, diversity and inclusiveness.
To calibrate curricular, co-curricular and extra –curricular activities in tune with the vision of the Institution and also foster democratic values.
To organize community and social concern oriented programmes in the domain of law with the common man as focal point.
To create an apt atmosphere for learning with the aim of developing ethically strong and morally exalted individuals with the values of love , truth, service and sacrifice.
To promote research culture and nurture innovative ideas among the faculty and students.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE
APPLY ONLINE – ADMISSION 2024-25
Candidates shall fill in an Online Application Form
The status of the application shall be updated through email/ SMS. Shortlisted candidates shall be called for the Selection Process. Call/Visit the college office for completing admission formalities.

‘Click here for Admission Registration for 2024-25’
SELECTION PROCESS
5-Year integrated B.A.LL.B. / B.B.A.LL.B. / B.Com.LL.B. Programs:

Admission is based on CLAT / LSAT scores / 12th exam score – Candidates shall submit the online application and appear for the selection process; a personal interview shall be held.

3-Year LL.B. Program:

Admission is based on the score of the qualifying exam. Candidates can submit the online application form and appear for the selection process; a personal interview shall be held. Admission is based on first-come-first-serve basis.

Admission process for 2023-24 has commenced. Selection Lists are published as per the below schedule:

* First Selection List – TBD
* Second Selection List – TBD
* Final Selection List – TBD

ELIGIBILITY
1. B.A.LL.B., B.B.A.LL.B. and B.Com.LL.B.: PUC / 10 + 2 or equivalent with 45% marks and 40% marks for SC / ST candidates only.
2. 3-Year LL.B.: Any degree or equivalent with 45% marks in aggregate and 40% marks for SC / ST candidates only.

MENTOR is the Career Guidance Cell of K.L.E. Society’s Law College, Bengaluru. It has been instrumental in training students and providing job opportunities in leading law firms, multi-national corporations, non-governmental organizations, banks, educational institutions, non-governmental organization and the like. MENTOR plays a pivotal role in providing career guidance to its students. It conducts various activities and workshops such as contract drafting training, professional ethics training, group discussions, and mock interviews for the students.

The Placement Committee is a wing of Mentor. It shoulders the responsibility of coordinating all the aspects of recruitments and placements at K.L.E Society’s Law College. The Placement Committee is an organ of the Mentor Cell. It makes sure that the students have ample opportunities for internship and jobs in law firms, LPOs, advocates, and companies. The placement Committee draws up the database of students, invites recruiters from over the country for on and off campus placements and organizes pre-placement talks. The committee functions throughout the year to co-ordinate the activities so that the placement drive each year becomes a huge success.

SCHOLARSHIP
Financial Support from the Institution

Institution is providing the following Endowment and Alumni Cash prizes to the students who secure highest marks in their respective classes.

A. Endowment Cash Prize:

A cash prize is awarded out of the fund kept by Shri kallappa Beleri Master of Lakkundi in the name of Late Sir Siddappa Kambali for having stood first to the college in 1st year LL.B.
A cash prize is awarded by the Industrial Exhibition and Education Promotion Trust Fund, J.T. College, Gadag for having stood first to the college in 2nd Year LL.B
A cash prize is awarded out of the fund kept by late Dr. Godbole in the memory of Smt. Ramabai Godbole and a Rolling Sheild of Shri Bhoomareddi of Ganjendragad, for having stood first to the college in 3rd Year LL.B.

B. Alumni Cash Prize:

A Cash of Rs. 500/- is awarded for having stood first to the college in 1st Year LL.B.
A Cash of Rs. 500/- is awarded for having stood first to the college in 2nd Year LL.B.
A Cash of Rs. 500/- is awarded for having stood first to the college in 3rd Year LL.B.

Institution facilitating students to apply and get scholarship from State Government Schemes and Central Government Schemes

Institution has a formalized system in place to facilitate eligible students to apply and get scholarships from Government. Till 2019 college office facilitated the students to apply for State Government Sponsored scholarships viz. Vidyashree, State Government fees concession scholarship and SC & ST Scholarship by giving notice about the scholarship. College office used to guide students as to the necessary documents to be submitted for applying scholarship. Further the college office used to process the application and forwarded to concerned departments. In 2019 Dr. C. B. Ranagattimath, Physical Education Director is appointed by the college as Nodal Officer for the purpose of scholarship. The nodal officer is to facilitate students to apply for scholarships by ensuring due submission of scholarship applications in the online portal. He further authenticates the genuineness of the applications to the concerned government departments.

Students are getting the benefits of the following Government Scholarships

Post Metric Scholarship of Government of Karnataka
Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship for professional and Technical Education.
Post Metric Scholarship Schemes Minorities CS

COLLEGE LIBRARY
Library is a Temple of Knowledge. Library is housed with 20684 volumes of Books and Back volumes. Of these 3334 are Back volumes of Journals and Reporters. The Library Procures 64 periodicals including 10 newspapers. Of these 14 are reporters, 22 Journals and remaining are the magazines.
To meet the needs of techno-buddies and to avail the fruits of technology all books and reference material are bar coded with library automation, service Easy-lib, providing OPAC (Open Public Access Catalogue) to search the library books, research material, periodicals and to learn more about the library. Library also provides photocopying facility.

The library is an active member of the Shri Narayana Rao Melgiri Library, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, to facilitate students for further research.

DIGITAL LIBRARY
Information Communication Technology (ICT) has come as a boon for research. No research is complete without ICT today. College has availed the ICT facility for research by establishing of E-Library with on- line and off- line database availability, Wi-Fi facility, sufficient number high end of systems, etc.

AUDITORIUM
The College has 3 auditoriums. The main auditorium with a seating capacity of 400, Sharada Sabhangana with seating capacity of 180 and Asha kirana with seating facility for 90 people.

All the auditoriums are fully IT enabled with high-tech facilities ideal for the organization and supporting training programmes, meetings, workshops and conferences.

MEDICAL HEALTH CENTRE
In- house medical officer is available in the campus during office hours. Student fraternity is enrolled under Vidyarthi (P) scheme – KLE Belgaum Health Care Services. KLE Belgaum Healthcare Services scheme is instituted primarily for extending healthcare benefits to employees and students of KLE Society’s institutions. The health plan assists in extending medical care for individuals in case of illness or accident. Medical facilities through Vidyarthi Scheme…

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ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY CAMPUS

Rain Water Harvesting

Solar Lamps

Vermi Compost


DIVYANGJAN FRIENDLY FACILITIES

Lift Facility for Divyangjan
Lift Facility for Divyangjan
Seating Facility in Library for Divyangjan
Wheelchair
Ramp for Auditorium
Instructions for lift operation in Braille
Lift for Divyangjan